maandag 11 februari 2013

maandag 11 februari 2013 What a way to start the day. It's raining spiders! A video catches hundreds of them dangling from the sky in a massive web - Santo Antônio da Platina. A bit of surprising news. Pope Benedict says he would resign on Feb 28 because he no longer had the strength to fulfill the duties of his office. He will be the first pope to resign the post in over 500 years.

Text of Pope Benedict's resignation... in Latin as well.

Fratres carissimi

Non solum propter tres canonizationes ad hoc Consistorium vos convocavi, sed etiam ut vobis decisionem magni momenti pro Ecclesiae vita communicem. Conscientia mea iterum atque iterum coram Deo explorata ad cognitionem certam perveni vires meas ingravescente aetate non iam aptas esse ad munus Petrinum aeque administrandum.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/text-of-pope-benedicts-resignation-statement-20130212-2ea6r.html#ixzz2KeI6FA8A

Stephanie Miller and the Rude Pundit ponder President George W. Bush’s hacked painting photos. Rude realism on President George W. Bush’s paintings.  Shower. Meander around town, listening to KUOW. It's nice that the drizzle lets up. Bus and walk, and bus then walk. Bus and walk. I get from Queen Anne to d'town to Capitol Hill and First Hill. On To The Point, Warren Olney interviews Al Gore about his new book - The Future: Six Drivers Of Global Change.

Watch the first episode of Third Rock From The Sun - Brains And Eggs. Oh, those crazy aliens!